Week 4: Lipids Flashcards
Simple lipids
Two types of products from hydrolysis
Compound/complex lipids
Three or more products from hydrolysis
Derived lipids
Combined simple and compound lipids through hydrolysis
Types of simple lipids
a) Waxes
b) Triglycerides
What are triglycerides further broken into?
Glycerol and fatty acids
What are fatty acids further broken into?
Saturated fatty acids
Unsaturated fatty acids
What are unsaturated fatty acids further broken down into?
Monounsaturated
Polyunsaturated
Monounsaturated fatty acids
Oleic acid (ex. olive oil)
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Linoliec acid (omega-6)
Linolenic acid (omega-3)
Compound lipids
Phospholipid
Glycolipid (Cerbrosides and gangliosides)
Derived lipids
a) Steroids
b) Sterols
c) Carotenoids
Steroids
Bile acids, sex hormones
Sterols
Cholesterol, ergosterol
Carotenoids
Carotene, xanthophils
What are triglycerides composed of?
3 fatty acids with a glycerol
Types of triglycerides
- Saturated
- Monounsaturated
- Polyunsaturated
Saturated fatty acids and bonds
No double bonds, all carbons have max amount of hydrogen bonds
What foods contain saturated fatty acids ?
Animal fats and plant oils
ex. butter, meats
Monounsaturated fatty acids and bonds
One double bond
Polyunsaturated fatty acids and bonds
More than one double bond
Structure of sterols
Four-ring steroid nucleus and at least one hydroxyl group
Cholesterol
Most common sterol, 25% of plasma membrane in some nerve cells
How does cholesterol exist?
Can exist in free form or hydroxyl group at C-3 can be esterified w a fatty acid
How is cholesterol regulated in membranes
Cells esterify excess cholesterol with a fatty acid and store the cholesterol esters in vesicles with the cytosol
When free cholesterol is needed, cholesterol esters are hydrolyzed and it is transported to membrane
What is cholesterol a precursor for?
Corticosteroid hormones, sex hormones, bile salts, vitamin D3
Lipid digestion in the mouth
Lingual lipase breaks triglycerides into triacylglycerols, fatty acids and diacylglycerols
Lipid digestion in the stomach
Gastric lipase breaks them down even more
Where does most of lipid digestion occur?
Lumen of small intestine
Lipid digestion in the small intestine- bile
Bile breaks down triacylglycerols, fatty acids and diacylglycerols into emulsified triacylglycerols, fatty acids and diacylglycerol micelles via emulsification
Lipid digestion in small intestine- pancreatic lipase
Breaks down triacylglycerols, fatty acids and diacylglycerol micelles into monoacylglycerols and fatty acids by enzymatic digestion
What do micelles contain?
Contain the final digestion products from lipid hydrolysis such as free long FA, monoacylglycerols, lysophospholipids, free cholesterol, phytoesterols, fat-soluble vitamins
What are micelles?
Lipid molecules w a hydrophobic core and a hydrophilic shell that allows lipids to travel through a polar solvent
Produced in liver
How do micelles transport lipids into enterocytes?
They are water soluble and penetrate the water layer bathing the enterocytes of the small intestine, they interact w microvilli at the brush border and lipids diffuse into enterocytes
What are esterases?
Digestive enzymes that break down dietary lipids in GI tract
What do esterases do?
Cleave ester bonds with triglycerides, phospholipids and cholesterol esters
How are cholesterol esters absorbed?
Cannot be absorbed, must be hydrolyzed into free cholesterol and fatty acids to be incorporated into micelle
Lipid absorption
- Inside mucosal cells of small intestine, fatty acids and monoglycerides are reassembled into lipids by esterification forming chylomicrons
- Chylomicrons enter lymph vessel
- Travel to left subclavian vein and diffuses into circulation
What are monoacylglycerols and diacylglycerols and fatty acids reassembled into?
Triglycerides
What is cholesterol reassembled into?
Cholesterol ester
What are lysophospholipids and fatty acids reassembled into?
Phospholipids
Where do chylomicrons bipass?
The liver so that they aren’t catabolized
Lipoproteins
Lipids are transported in blood as components of lipoproteins
Types of lipoproteins
Chylomicrons
Very low density lipoproteins (VLDL)
Low density lipoproteins (LDL)
Intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL)
High-density lipoprotein (HDL)
Lipoprotein metabolism differs depending on
- Which lipids are transported (triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids)
- Where lipids are delivered (liver, skeletal muscle, adipose tissue)
- Lipoprotein metabolic fate
Exogenous lipid transport
Transport of dietary lipids (triacylglycerols) from the intestine to peripheral tissues for storage and energy utilization
Pathway of exogenous transport
After chylomicrons enter the blood stream, triglycerides are transferred to skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, leading to the formation of a chylomicron remnant which results in delivery of cholesterol to liver
When does exogenous lipid transport occur?
Operates only after a fat containing meal
What happens to chylomicrons at the end of exogenous lipid transport?
Chylomicrons disappear after all dietary triacylglycerols are delivered to target tissues